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title: lightning outside, can i watch at the window — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics
description: lightning outside, can i watch at the window Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Anger and fears

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lightning outside, can i watch at the window

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lightning · **What happens:** watch · **To what, where:** window

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t13:1
# text = lightning outside, can i watch at the window
1	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | can | lightning |  |  | the window |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stand by the window, glass is safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t13:o1:1
# text = Stand by the window, glass is safe
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	compound	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by the window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Stand glass |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Open the window wide to hear it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t13:o2:1
# text = Open the window wide to hear it
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the window |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | window |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Stay indoors away from windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t13:o3:1
# text = Stay indoors away from windows
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, indoors *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go outside so you can see it better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t13:o4:1
# text = Go outside so you can see it better
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | you | it |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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